Oscars 2014

Surell · 01-27-2014, 02:28 AM

12 years for um everything. Even foreign language. Maybe not production design. That's for gatsby's stupid ass.

Exo didn't the artist technically bring black and white back to the oscars?

~~James~~ · 01-27-2014, 11:28 AM

I guess you could argue that The Artist was more of a throwback film whereas Nebraska actually used black and white cinematography in a modern way?

Penny Lane 64 · 01-27-2014, 02:43 PM

I think 12 Years a Slave will win best picture.

**Exo** · 01-27-2014, 05:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by James

I guess you could argue that The Artist was more of a throwback film whereas Nebraska actually used black and white cinematography in a modern way?

Pretty much this. It's like saying that "The Artist" brought back silent film to the Oscars. No it did not. It was just a great one time film.

Engine · 01-29-2014, 08:30 PM

I'll admit that I have not cared about the Academy Awards for many years and I normally never even see all of the contenders. I happen to have seen a lot of this year's though.

Why I'm posting here, now is that I think Leonardo DiCaprio should win Best Actor. The academy often gives this award to old men who have not won before they kick off but Leo should get this one.

I've seen, I think, every film the man has ever made and this new one, to me, features his best performance as an adult. He's a good actor in everything he does and he always shows off that crazy emotional outburst thing he does in at least a couple scenes of each film. However, for me, he's been a bit dull as grown-up man actor. All his brooding cops / detectives / vagabonds with facial hair run together in my mind. But..

In WoWS he shows us everything that he can do, and has been doing for 20 years. He's comical, intimidating, endearing, and just balls out crazy. Yeah he's still young compared to some of the other contenders but he should win this one. I hope the academy doesn't give it to Dern just b/c he'll die sooner.

djchameleon · 03-03-2014, 03:32 AM

I'll post the complete list of winners here so people that made predictions can see how they matched up.

Looking at my original list, I forgot to separate between who I wanted to win and who would most likely win but oh well.

Best picture

WINNER: "12 Years a Slave"

"American Hustle"

"Captain Phillips"

"Dallas Buyers Club"

"Gravity"

"Her"

"Nebraska"

"Philomena"

"The Wolf of Wall Street"

Director

WINNER: Alfonso Cuarón, "Gravity"

Steve McQueen, "12 Years a Slave"

Alexander Payne, "Nebraska"

David O. Russell, "American Hustle"

Martin Scorsese, "The Wolf of Wall Street"

Lead actor

Christian Bale, "American Hustle"

Bruce Dern, "Nebraska"

Chiwetel Ejiofor, "12 Years a Slave"

WINNER: Matthew McConaughey, "Dallas Buyers Club"

Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Wolf of Wall Street"

Lead actress

Amy Adams, "American Hustle"

WINNER: Cate Blanchett, "Blue Jasmine"

Judi Dench, "Philomena"

Meryl Streep, "August: Osage County"

Sandra Bullock, "Gravity"

Supporting actor

Barkhad Abdi, “Captain Phillips”

Bradley Cooper, “American Hustle”

Michael Fassbender, “12 Years a Slave”

Jonah Hill, “The Wolf of Wall Street”

WINNER: Jared Leto, “Dallas Buyers Club”

Supporting actress

Sally Hawkins, “Blue Jasmine”

Jennifer Lawrence, “American Hustle”

WINNER: Lupita Nyong’o, “12 Years a Slave”

Julia Roberts, “August: Osage County”

June Squibb, “Nebraska”

Animated feature film

“The Croods”

“Despicable Me 2”

“Ernest &; Celestine”

WINNER: “Frozen”

“The Wind Rises”

Cinematography

“The Grandmaster,” Philippe Le Sourd

WINNER: “Gravity,” Emmanuel Lubezki

“Inside Llewyn Davis,” Bruno Delbonnel

“Nebraska,” Phedon Papamichael

“Prisoners,” Roger A. Deakins

Costume design

“American Hustle,” Michael Wilkinson

“The Grandmaster,” William Chang Suk Ping

WINNER: “The Great Gatsby,” Catherine Martin

“The Invisible Woman,” Michael O’Connor

“12 Years a Slave,” Patricia Norris

Documentary feature
“The Act of Killing”

“Cutie and the Boxer”

“Dirty Wars”

“The Square”

WINNER: “20 Feet From Stardom”

Documentary short subject

“CaveDigger”

“Facing Fear”

“Karama Has No Walls”

WINNER: “The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life”

“Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall”

Film editing

“American Hustle,” Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers and Alan Baumgarten

“Captain Phillips,” Christopher Rouse

“Dallas Buyers Club,” John Mac McMurphy and Martin Pensa

WINNER: “Gravity,” Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger

“12 Years a Slave,” Joe Walker

Foreign language film

“The Broken Circle Breakdown,” Belgium

WINNER: “The Great Beauty,” Italy

“The Hunt,” Denmark

“The Missing Picture,” Cambodia

“Omar,” Palestine

Makeup and hairstyling

WINNER: “Dallas Buyers Club,” Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews

“Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa,” Stephen Prouty

“The Lone Ranger,” Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny

Original score

“The Book Thief,” John Williams

WINNER: “Gravity,” Steven Price

“Her,” William Butler and Owen Pallett

“Philomena,” Alexandre Desplat

“Saving Mr. Banks,” Thomas Newman

Original song

“Happy” from “Despicable Me 2”

WINNER: “Let It Go” from “Frozen”

“The Moon Song” from “Her”

“Ordinary Love” from “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom”

Production design

“American Hustle,” Production Design: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Heather Loeffler

“Gravity,” Production Design: Andy Nicholson; Set Decoration: Rosie Goodwin and Joanne Woollard

WINNER: “The Great Gatsby,” Production Design: Catherine Martin; Set Decoration: Beverley Dunn

“Her,” Production Design: K.K. Barrett; Set Decoration: Gene Serdena

“12 Years a Slave,” Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Alice Baker

Animated short film

“Feral”

“Get a Horse!”

WINNER: “Mr. Hublot”

“Possessions”

“Room on the Broom”

Live action short film

“Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me)”

“Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just before Losing Everything)”

WINNER: “Helium”

“Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?)”

“The Voorman Problem”

Sound editing

“All Is Lost,” Steve Boeddeker and Richard Hymns

“Captain Phillips,” Oliver Tarney

WINNER: “Gravity,” Glenn Freemantle

“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,” Brent Burge and Chris Ward

“Lone Survivor,” Wylie Stateman

Sound mixing

“Captain Phillips,” Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith and Chris Munro

WINNER: “Gravity,” Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro

“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,” Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick and Tony Johnson

“Inside Llewyn Davis,” Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland

“Lone Survivor,” Andy Koyama, Beau Borders and David Brownlow

Visual effects

WINNER: “Gravity,” Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould

“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,” Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and Eric Reynolds

“Iron Man 3,” Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Erik Nash and Dan Sudick

“The Lone Ranger,” Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Edson Williams and John Frazier

“Star Trek Into Darkness,” Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann and Burt Dalton

Adapted screenplay

“Before Midnight,” written by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke

“Captain Phillips,” screenplay by Billy Ray

“Philomena,” screenplay by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope

WINNER: “12 Years a Slave,” screenplay by John Ridley

“The Wolf of Wall Street,” screenplay by Terence Winter

Original screenplay

“American Hustle,” written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell

“Blue Jasmine,” written by Woody Allen

“Dallas Buyers Club,” written by Craig Borten &; Melisa Wallack

WINNER: “Her,” written by Spike Jonze

“Nebraska,” written by Bob Nelson

**Exo** · 03-03-2014, 01:04 PM

I was pretty spot on.

djchameleon · 03-03-2014, 03:30 PM

I think I got about 12/24 or something like that but almost nailed all the top awards.

**Scarlett O'Hara** · 03-03-2014, 05:27 PM

#poorleo

Surell · 03-03-2014, 05:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Exoskeletal

Pretty much this. It's like saying that "The Artist" brought back silent film to the Oscars. No it did not. It was just a great one time film.

Yeah I gotcha, sorry I answered so late, but yeah, th Artist was black and white by necessity of its era, Nebraska chose to do so, or something like that, anyway I see what you guys mean. However I don't think I agree that this will bring black and white back. It will likely be an isolated event that would be nice to see more of but is very unlikely to actualy see again.

Btw I wish Allen got it this year rather than for midnight in Paris but that's not against the other films, I just think blue jasmine is better than the former. Shouldn't it have been in adapted screenplay as well?

01-29-2014, 08:30 PM	#15 (permalink)
Engine air quote Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: pollen & mold Posts: 3,108	I'll admit that I have not cared about the Academy Awards for many years and I normally never even see all of the contenders. I happen to have seen a lot of this year's though. Why I'm posting here, now is that I think Leonardo DiCaprio should win Best Actor. The academy often gives this award to old men who have not won before they kick off but Leo should get this one. I've seen, I think, every film the man has ever made and this new one, to me, features his best performance as an adult. He's a good actor in everything he does and he always shows off that crazy emotional outburst thing he does in at least a couple scenes of each film. However, for me, he's been a bit dull as grown-up man actor. All his brooding cops / detectives / vagabonds with facial hair run together in my mind. But.. In WoWS he shows us everything that he can do, and has been doing for 20 years. He's comical, intimidating, endearing, and just balls out crazy. Yeah he's still young compared to some of the other contenders but he should win this one. I hope the academy doesn't give it to Dern just b/c he'll die sooner. __________________ Like an arrow, I was only passing through.

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Exo All day jazz and biscuits Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 7,354	I was pretty spot on. __________________ LastFM SUPREME POO BAH MODERATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE

03-03-2014, 05:27 PM	#19 (permalink)
Scarlett O'Hara Make it so Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 6,181	#poorleo __________________ "Elph is truly an enfant terrible of the forum, bless and curse him" - Marie, Queen of Thots

01-27-2014, 11:28 AM	#12 (permalink)
~~James~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Scotland Posts: 4,483	I guess you could argue that The Artist was more of a throwback film whereas Nebraska actually used black and white cinematography in a modern way?

01-27-2014, 02:43 PM	#13 (permalink)
Penny Lane 64 Groupie Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Maryland Posts: 25	I think 12 Years a Slave will win best picture.